Grand Rounds
Surgical Grand Rounds
7:15 A.M. Keefer Auditorium, (except as otherwise noted)
Boston University School of Medicine
| Date | Title | Speaker |
| 6/26/06 | Adrenal Surgery |
David McAneny, MD, FACS |
| 6/19/06 | CME: Management of Non-Hem Gyn Malignancies |
Thomas Herzog, MD |
| 6/12/06 | Welcome to the New House Staff |
Kelly Bishop-Bartolomei, MD |
| 6/5/06 | Surgical Blood Management |
Aryeh Shander , MD , FCCM, FCCP, |
| 6/29/06 |
No Grand Round
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| 5/22/06 | Cost Effectiveness and Safety in Cardiac Surgery |
Peter Smith, MD |
| 5/15/06 |
No Grand Rounds
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| 5/8/06 | ENC OR’s: Out of the Block and Running |
James Becker, MD, Chairman and Surgeon-in-Chief, Department of Surgery, BMC |
| 5/1/06 |
Sleeve Gastrectomy and Ileal Transposition: The Next Generation of Bariatric Surgery Procedures |
Michel Gagner, MD, FRCSC, FACS |
| 4/24/06 |
Rectal Cancer: Beyond Resection
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Julie Lorber, MD |
| 4/17/06 |
No Grand Rounds
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| 4/10/06 |
Bariatric Surgery Update |
Ronald Matteotti, MD |
| 4/3/06 | GERD Therapy: Current Approaches and Opinions |
Denise Gee, MD |
| 3/27/06 | No Grand Rounds Residency Advisory Council Meeting – Dean’s Conference Room at 7:30 am |
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| 3/20/06 | Grasberger Symposium | |
| 3/13/06 | The Evolution of Trauma and Critical Care as a Subspecialty: Where Do We Go from Here? |
Suresh Agarwal , MD |
| 3/6/06 | Advances in Rectal Cancer: The Move toward Minimally Invasive Approaches |
Kelly Tyler, MD |
| 2/27/06 |
Surgical Management of Gynecological Malignancies, Then and Now |
Cheung Wong, MD |
| 2/20/06 |
No Grand Rounds
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| 2/13/06 | The Surgeon as a Prognostic Factor in Colorectal Cancer |
Marvin J. Lopez, MD |
| 2/6/06 | The Spectrum of Delayed Wound Healing |
Patrick J. Parks, MD, PhD |
| 1/30/06 | The Anti-coagulated Surgical Patient: Current Perspectives on Bridging Therapy |
Hector Simosa , MD |
| 1/23/06 |
No Grand Rounds
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| 1/16/06 |
No Grand Rounds |
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| 1/9/06 |
CBD, IOC, LCBDE, ERCP: Stirring the Alphabet Soup of the Bile Ducts – with a Laparoscope |
Miguel Burch, MD |
| 1/2/06 | No Grand Rounds | |
| 12/26/05 | No Grand Rounds | |
| 12/19/05 | Device Development in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery |
Kathryn A. Collins, MD, PhD |
| 12/12/05 |
The Evolution of Trauma and Critical Care as a Subspecialty: Where Do We Go from Here? |
Suresh Agarwal , MD |
| 12/5/05 | Techniques and Tricks in Colorectal Surgery |
Steve Sentovich, MD |
| 11/28/05 | No Grand Rounds (Residency Advisory Committee - Dean’s Conference Room, R-112, 7:30 AM) |
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| 11/21/05 | Necrotizing Pancreatitis Revisited |
Andrew Glantz, MD |
| 11/14/05 | Cardiovascular Disease 2005: A Global Perspective |
Allan Callow, MD |
| 11/7/05 |
ICP, CPP Management of the Brain-Injured Patient |
Thomas L. Higgins, MD, MBA |
| 0/31/05 |
Surgical and Endovascular Management of Critical Limb Ischemia |
Alik Farber, M.D., Assistant Professor, |
| 10/24/05 | Cancer Trends and Opportunities | Karen Antman, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Dean and Provost, BUMC |
| 10/17/05 | No Grand Rounds – ACS | |
| 10/10/05 | No Grand Rounds – Columbus Day | |
| 10/3/05 |
Resident Research UpdateCary Aarons, M.D., “HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors Decrease Postoperative Adhesions by Increasing Peritoneal Fibrinolytic Activity”Graciela Bauza, M.D., “Injury Patterns in Elderly Drivers”Phil Cohen, M.D., “Time Dependent Effectiveness of a Neurokinin-1 Receptor Antagonist in Reducing Postoperative Adhesions in a Rat Model”Scott Prushik, M.D., “Outcomes Following Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomoses: A Meta-Analysis of Over 9000 Patients” |
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| 9/26/05 | No Grand Rounds (Residency Advisory Committee - Dean’s Conference Room, R-112, 7:30 AM) |
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| 9/19/05 |
Fifty Years at the Bedside – The Challenges Never End |
Erwin Hirsch, M.D. |
| 9/12/05 |
Peri-Operative Pain Management – A Review for the Surgeon |
James Petros, M.D., MPH, FACSAssociate Professor of Surgery, BUSM |
| 9/7/05 | No Grand Rounds (Holiday) |
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| 6/27/05 | STN DBS for Parkinson’s Disease | Jules Nazarro, MD Dept. of Neurosurgery Boston Medical Center Samuel Ellias, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Neurology Boston Medical Center |
| 6/20/05 | Breast Cancer 2005: Highlights, Options, and Challenges | Jane Mendez, MD Staff Surgeon Boston Medical Center |
| 6/13/05 | The Evolution of Surgical Residency | Denise Gee, MD, Julie Lorber, MD, Hector Simosa, MD, Kelly Tyler, MD Lawrence Unger, MD General Surgery Residents Boston Medical Center |
| 6/6/05 | Has the 80 Hour Work Week Improved Psychological Well-being of Surgery Residents? | Mahmood Zare, MD Staff Surgeon, Boston VA Healthcare System |
| 5/30/05 | No Grand Rounds (Holiday) |
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| 5/23/05 |
The Impact of Lymphatic Mapping on Adjuvant Therapy for Melanoma |
Vernon Sondak, MD |
| 5/16/05 | Current Recommendations of Perioperative DVT Prophylaxis | Jack Ansell, MD Professor of Medicine, BUMC |
| 5/9/05 | New Decisions About the Incisions | James M. Becker, MD Professor & Chairman, Division of Surgery, BUMC Keith Lewis, MD |
| 5/2/05 | Perioperative Cardiac Risk Reduction | Glynne Stanley, MD, FRCA Asst. Prof. Anesthesiology BUMC |
| 4/25/05 | Life After Residency: Career Development for Surgical Residents | James Petros, MD, MPH, FACS Staff Surgeon, Section of Colorectal Surgery, Asst. Prof. of Surgery, BUSM |
| 4/17/05 | No Grand Rounds (Residency Advisory Committee meets) |
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| 4/11/05 | PET/CT Imaging in Gastrointestinal Malignancies | Nirav Shah, MD Director of PET/CT Imaging, Nuclear Radiology Section, Asst. Prof. Radiology, BUSM |
| 4/4/05 | No Grand Rounds (Residency Advisory Committee meets) |
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| 3/28/05 | Immunotherapeutic Approaches for the Treatment of Stage IV Melanoma | Guy Gammon, MB BS, MRCP Vice President, Clinical Developments CancerVax Corporation |
| 3/21/05 | The 15th Annual Grasberger Symposium | |
| 3/14/05 | The ACGME Core Competencies: Irritating or Innovative? | Jo Shapiro, MD Associate Prof. of Otology and Laryngology Brigham & Women’s Hospital |
| 3/7/05 | Percutaneous Infra-Inguinal Vascular Interventions: Atherectomy, Angioplasty, and Stenting | Noah Rosen, MD Administrative Chief Surgical Resident, BUMC |
| 2/28/2005 | “Contemporary Issues in Breast Cancer: A Model for Surgical Oncology Basic Principles” |
Blake Cady, M.D. |
| 2/21/2005 | No Grand Rounds (President’s Day) |
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| 2/14/2005 | “Postoperative Complications of Gastric Bypass Surgery” |
Donald Hess, M.D. |
| 2/7/2005 | “Contemporary Management of Wartime Vascular Trauma”
“A Comprehensive Care Program for Combat Amputees: Experiences at Walter Reed Army Medical Center”
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David L. Gillespie MD, FACS, COL, MC, USA Chief, Div. of Vascular Surgery, Associate Prof. of Surgery, Uniformed Services Univ. Asst. Chief, Vascular Surgery Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center Paul F. Pasquina, M.D., LTC, MC, USA |
| 1/31/05 | Updates in Cardiac Surgery | Richard Shemin, MD Professor of Surgery Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery Boston Medical Center |
| 1/24/05 | No Grand Rounds (Residency Advisory Committee meets) |
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| 1/17/05 | No Grand Rounds (Martin Luther King Day) |
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| 1/10/05 | Operative vs. Non-operative Management of Traumatic Injuries to the Liver and Spleen | John Jones, MD and Brent Fruin, MD General Surgery Chief Residents Boston Medical Center |
| 1/3/05 | Evolving Paradigms in Penetrating Torso Trauma | Suresh Agarwal, MD Asst. Prof. of Surgery Boston Univ. School of Medicine |
| 12/20/04 | Kidney Transplantation |
Sang Cho, M.D. |
| 12/13/04 | Colorectal Surgery Update |
Stephen M. Sentovich, M.D. |
| 12/6/04 | A Rational Approach To The Professional Liability Crisis |
Barry Manuel, M.D. |
| 11/29/04 | Minimally Invasive Esphagectomy and Photodynamic Therapy for Esophageal Cancer | Hiran Fernando, MD Assoc. Professor Cardiovascular Surgery, BMC |
| 11/22/04 | No Grand Rounds (Residency Advisory Committee meets) |
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| 11/15/04 | New Innovations Residency Management System: A Mandatory Tutorial | Caroline Rotondi Surgical Education Program Manager, BMC |
| 11/8/04 | Health Care Insurance Update | James G. Petros, MD, MPH |
| 11/1/04 | Surgical Site Infection: New Strategies for an Old Problem | Kamal Itani, MD Chief of Surgery Boston VA HealthCare System |
| 10/25/04 | Inguinal Hernias: Past, Present, and Future |
Marjorie Fridkin, M.D. and Sabine Manoli, M.D. Chief Surgical Residents |
| 10/18/04 |
What Surgeons Need to Know in Healthcare Finance |
Richard Wichmann |
| 10/11/04 | No Grand Rounds – Columbus Day | |
| 10/4/04 |
Research Resident Updates “A Substance P Receptor Antagonist (SPRA) That Reduces Intra- abdominal Adhesion Formation Decreases Peritoneal Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) Activity” by Philip Cohen, M.D “Can Statins Play a Role in the Prevention of Peritoneal Adhesions?” by Cary Aarons, M.D. “Transcriptional Regulation of HNF-4 in Trauma” by Graciela Bauza, M.D.“Endometrial Cancer Expresses the Mullerian Inhibiting Substance Type II Receptor and is Growth Inhibited by Mullerian Inhibiting Substance” byElizabeth Renaud, M.D.
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| 9/27/04 | No Grand Rounds – Residency Advisory Committee | |
| 9/20/04 | Advances in Critical Care Medicine |
Peter A. Burke, M.D.
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| 9/13/04 | Recent Advances in Minimally Invasive Surgical Technology |
Lily Chang, M.D. |
| 9/6/04 | No Grand Rounds – Labor Day | |
| 6/14/04 | Adjuncts for the Treatment of Intraabdominal Sepsis in the Intensive Care Unit | Marjorie Fridkin, MD A. Brent Fruin, MD John Jones, MD Sabine Manoli, MD Noah Rosen, MD Fourth Year Residents |
| 6/7/04 | Sepsis: A New Approach to an Old Problem | Nathan I. Shapiro, MD, MPH Instructor in Medicine Harvard Medical School |
| 5/31/04 | No Grand Rounds – Memorial Day | |
| 5/24/04 | No Grand Rounds – Residency Advisory Committee | |
| 5/17/04 | Leadership and Patient Safety | James B. Conway Executive VP and CEO President, Healthcare Dimensions Hospice Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
| 5/10 | Gastric Bypass – Past, Present, and Future | Jeannine Giovanni, MD Chief Resident in General Surgery Boston Medical Center |
| 5/7 | The George H. Clowes Trauma Lecture:
The ‘Minimalist’ Approach in Trauma Management – Evidence Based Medicine or Dangerous Fad 4:00 PM Dowling Amphitheater (Friday) |
L.D. Britt, MD, MPH Brickhouse Professor and Chairman, Eastern Virginia Medical School Dept. of Surgery |
| 5/3/04 | Operating Outside of the Block | James M. Becker, MD Professor & Chairman Division of Surgery, BUMC Keith P. Lewis, MD Gail M. Spinale, RN |
| /26/04 | Facing Ethical Issues in Medicine | Susan S. Samuelson, JD Associate Prof. of Strategy and Policy Boston University School of Management |
| 4/19/04 | No Grand Rounds – Patriot’s Day | |
| 4/12/04 | Short Bowel Syndrome | Matthew Holtzman, MD Chief Resident in General Surgery Boston Medical Center |
| 4/5/04 | Current Approaches for Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Open and Endovascular
(Smithwick Visiting Professorship) |
R. Clement Darling, III< MD Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery Institute for Vascular Health and Disease Albany Medical College |
| 3/29/04 | Surgical Nutrition | Melinda Aquino, MD Chief Resident in General Surgery BUMC |
| 3/22/04 | No Grand Rounds – Residency Advisory Committee Meeting | |
| 3/15/04 | Medical Support in War and Military Operations Other Than War: Reflections of a Combat Support Hospital Commander | Jonathan O. Woodson, MD Col, MC, FS, USAR Commander 399th CSH Asst. Prof. of Surgery, BUSM |
| 3/8/04 | What a Surgeon Needs to Know About Gas | Rafael A. Ortega, MD Associate Prof. of Anesthesiology Boston Univ. Medical Center |
| **3/5/04 4:00 PM |
Estrogens, SERMs, Aromatase Inhibitors, and Breast Cancer Risk
The Peter J. Mozden Visiting Professorship in Surgical Oncology |
James E. Goodnight, Jr., MD, Phd Professor & Chairman of Surgery, The University of California, Davis |
| 3/1/04 | Health Care Rationing | James G. Petros, MD, MPH BU School of Public Health |
| 2/23/04 | Skin Grafting – Ischemic Extremity Wounds | Timothy A. Emhoff, MD Assoc. Prof. of Surgery Boston University School of Medicine |
| 2/16/04 | No Grand Rounds (President’s Day) |
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| 2/9/04 | The 14th Annual Grasberger Research Symposium (7:00 AM) | Philip Cohen, MD Jon Dorfman, MD Jeffrey Kalish, MD Elizabeth Renaud, MD |
| 2/2//04 | The Hemodynamics of Peripheral Vascular Disease | James O. Menzoian, MD Professor of Surgery, BMC Melinda Aquino, MD Christopher Gram, MD Joseph Raffetto, MD Palma Shaw, MD |
| 1/26/04 | No Grand Rounds (Martin Luther King Day) |
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| 1/19/04 | No Grand Rounds (Martin Luther King Day) |
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| 1/12/04 | Improving Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery Through Process Analysis – The Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group Story | Stephen J. Lahey, MD Professor of Surgery University of Massachusetts Medical School |
| 1/5/04 | Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Two Decades of Experience with Duct Injuries | Miguel Burch, MD Chief Resident in Surgery Boston Medical Center |
| 12/29/03 | No Grand Rounds | |
| 12/22/03 | No Grand Rounds | |
| 12/15/03 | Advances in the Treatment of Melanoma: A Decade of Progress? | Tina J. Hieken, MD, FACS Asst. Prof. of Surgery, Rusch Medical College |
| 12/8/03 | Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair: The Way of the Future? | Palma M. Shaw, MD Asst. Professor of Surgery Boston University School of Medicine, Quincy Medical Center |
| 12/1/03 | Alternatives to Blood Transfusion | Stephen M. Cohn, MD, FACS Professor & Chief, Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care Jackson Memorial Medical Center |
| 11/24/03 | No Grand Rounds (Residency Advisory Committee meeting) | |
| 11/17/03 | The Spleen and the Gut | David McAneny, MD Assoc. Prof. of Surgery Boston Univ. School of Medicine |
| 11/10/03 | The Future of Critical Care: Issues Related to Leapfrog
(Joint Grand Rounds of Anesthesia and Surgery) |
Orlando C. Kirton, MD Prof. of Surgery Univ. of Connecticut School of Medicine Assoc. Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit Hartford Hospital |
| 11/3/03 | ORs of the Future: The Goals | Keith Lewis, MD Chairman, Division of Anesthesiology, Boston Medical Center |
| 10/27/03 | Update on the Complications and Treatment of GERD | Timothy J. Babineau, MD,MBA Assoc. Prof. of Surgery Chief, Sections of GI and Minimally Invasive Surgery Boston Medical Center |
| 10/20/03 | No Grand Rounds (Am. College of Surgeons) | |
| 10/13/03 | No Grand Rounds (Columbus Day) | |
| 10/6/03 | An Endocrinologist’s Approach To The Evaluation and Management of Thyroid Nodules | Stephanie L. Lee, MD, PdD Assoc. Prof. of Medicine Director of Endocrine Clinics Boston Medical Center |
| 9/29/03 | Current Concepts in Sphincter-sparing Surgery for Rectal Cancer | Ronald Bleday, MD Assoc. Prof. of Surgery Chief, Section of Colorectal Surgery Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
| 9/22/03 | No Grand Rounds | |
| 9/15/03 | The Future of Critical Care: Issues Related to Leapfrog
Joint Grand Rounds for Division of Surgery and Dept. of Anesthesia |
Orlando Kirton, MD Prof. of Surgery & Vice Chairman Univ. of Conn. School of Medicine |
| 9/8/03 | The Core Competencies: Assessing Residency Program Outcomes | James G. Petros, MD Boston Univ. School of Public Health Assoc. Prof. of Surgery Tufts Univ. School of Medicine |
| 6/9/03 | Controversies in Trauma | Melinda Aquino-Owens, MD Miguel Burch, MD Jeannine Giovanni, MD Matthew Holtzman, MD 4th Year Residents Boston Medical Center |
| 6/2/03 | Addressing Alcohol and Drug Abuse from a Surgical Perspective | Jeffrey H. Samet, MD, MA, MPH Professor of Medicine and Behavior Science Department of Medicine Boston Medical Center |
| 5/26/03 | NO GRAND ROUNDS (Memorial Day |
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| 5/19/03 | NO GRAND ROUNDS (Digestive Disease Week) |
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| 5/12/03 | Current Treatments in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease | Darren I. Rohan, MD Chief Resident Division of General Surgery Boston Medical Center |
| 5/5/03 | Positioning Our ORs for the Future | James M. Becker, MD James Utley Professor and Chairman, Division of Surgery Keith P. Lewis, MD Gail M. Spinale, RN Boston Medical Center |
| 5/2/03 | Burns in the Pacific Northwest in 2003
The George H. Clowes, Jr., MD Trauma Lecture Visiting Professorship Friday, 4:00 PM |
Nicole S. Gibran, MD, FACS Assoc. Prof. of Surgery Director, University of Washington Burn Center Harborview Medical Center Seattle, Washington |
| 4/28/03 | Human Performance in the 21st Century | Himalya Lele, MD Chief Resident Division of General Surgery Boston Medical Center |
| 4/21/03 | NO GRAND ROUNDS | |
| 4/14/03 | Proteomics, Systems Biology and the Future of Drug Design for Critical Care | Michael Yaffee, MD, PhD Center for Cancer Research Mass. Institute of Technology Div. of Critical Care & Trauma Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center |
| 4/11/03 4:00 Friday |
Lower Extremity Bypass: A View from the Upper Valley VASCULAR SURGERY VISITING PROF. |
Daniel B. Walsh, MD Professor of Surgery Vice-Chair, Dept. of Surgery Dartmouth Medical School |
| 4/7/03 | Innovations in Liver Transplantation | Elizabeth A. Pomfret, MD, PhD Asst. Prof. of Surgery Tufts School of Medicine Director, Live Donor Liver Transplantation, Lahey Clinic |
| 3/31/03 | Ventral Hernias – Old Problems, New Treatments | Matthew D’Alessio, MD Chief Resident, Division of General Surgery Boston Medical Center |
| 3/24/03 | TBA | |
| 3/17/03 | Cerebral Aneurysm, Current State | Anthony Jabre, MD Associate Professor of Neurosurgery Boston Medical Center |
| 3/10/03 | Surgical Coding – 2003 Update | William Creevy, MD Asst. Prof. of Surgery Dept. of Orthopedics Boston Medical Center |
| 3/3/03 | Laparoscopic Colectomy for Colon Cancer: What Will the Verdict Be? | Jen Jen Yeh, MD Chief Resident, Division of General Surgery Boston Medical Center |
| 2/24/03 | How Do Pouches Really Do? Can 8500 IPAA Patients Really Be Wrong? | James M. Becker, MD Professor & Chairman Division of Surgery Boston Medical Center |
| 2/17/03 | NO GRAND ROUNDS - PRESIDENTS DAY |
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| 2/10/03 | Surgery for Colorectal Cancer | Paul C. Shellito, MD Asst. Professor of Surgery Harvard Medical School |
| 2/3/03 | Lung Cancer – The Importance of Local Control | Benedict Daly, MD Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center |
| 1/27/03 | Grasberger Research Symposium (7:00 AM) |
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| 1/20/03 | NO GRAND ROUNDS - MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY |
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| 1/13/03 | hnRNP M4 – the CEA Receptor: Role in Colorectal Cancer Metastasis | Peter Thomas, PhD Prof. of Surgery, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Boston Univ. Medical Center |
| 1/6/03 | O.R. of the Future | David W. Rattner, MD Asst. Prof. of Surgery Harvard Medical School |

